GE and Lockheed ground tested a new air-breathing hypersonic jet engine capable of powering missiles to speeds well in excess ...

The complex technology behind the fighter jet engines is guarded fiercely but India can draw lessons from its domestically built one ...

Producers of military jet engines are rolling out new lines of small turbofans, eyeing an expected boom in demand for uncrewed fighter aircraft. US propulsion suppliers Pratt & Whitney (P&W), GE ...

North Korea conducted a ground jet test of a high-thrust, solid-fuel engine using carbon-fiber composite materials on Sept. 8, overseen by leader Kim Jong-un, the Korean Central News Agency reported ...

In a boost for India, the Hyderabad-based laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Defence ...

India’s scramjet success proves hypersonic strength, but turbine complexity keeps fighter engines a tough challenge.

The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...

Fighter jet engines are complex machines that enable aircraft to reach incredible speeds. The modern fighter jet is defined by its engine, which accelerates a tremendous volume of air rearward that it ...

Pratt & Whitney has powered some of the world's most famous aircraft since biplanes ruled the sky 100 years ago, beginning with the company's founding in 1925. Pratt & Whitney's Wasp engine changed ...

Thrust vectoring—essentially redirecting the plane’s exhaust flow—allows modern fighters to quickly change direction, giving them an edge in close combat. Thrust vectoring nozzles are one of the most ...